The sky of Shanhaiguan in summer is blue and the majestic city walls are like a long snake lying across the key points of the plain. Shanhaiguan is located in the north and the remnants of Yanshan Mountain and the old Longtou of the Bohai Sea in the south. Guancheng is located on the left and right of the north and south wings of the city, and the east and west Luocheng is closely connected with the main city. Zhang Ping'an, the commander of the Po Nu Army, led the three thousand guards cavalry and quietly came to an unknown mountain thirty miles northeast. This place is dangerously difficult to walk on the mountain road and cannot pass through the horses. It was learned that dozens of scouts of the mountain troops inspected by Zhang Damashiro, had climbed up the surroundings a few days ago.

The cliffs of the mountain and the mountain troops also installed a winch, and they pulled Zhang Dashui and Chief of Staff Gu Xin to the mountain. The staff who went up the mountain in advance placed three high-power telescopes here. In addition to the chairs and coffee tables used for Zhang Dashui, several horse stools were also placed. As the commander of the first army, Zhang Ping'an has always maintained a good habit, that is, he would definitely inspect the battlefield himself before the war. The staff surveying and mapping staff surveyed and mapped the terrain here dozens of times, but Zhang Ping'an still wanted to see it himself before he could rest assured.

This time, Zhang Ping'an had to look at a weakness in the Shanhaiguan defense system, "One Stone" pass. Any solid city or dangerous pass has its weakness. In the past, the Qing army did not dare to attack Shanhaiguan easily, but did not understand the terrain here. The "One Stone" pass is located in the deep mountains of Yanshan Mountain. Even if he attacks from outside and inside, he has to face the second inner wall. Especially the second wall is several miles long, forming a strange and clever branch.

To seize the enemy, the mountains and valleys below are not conducive to cavalry passage. The defenders can use the high ground to throw huge rocks downward to block the enemy, and use bows and arrows and muskets to effectively kill and injure the enemy's troops in progress. When Xu Da built the Shanhaiguan city, he considered blocking the external enemy and did not take too much care of the internal defense surface. Especially, not only the outside and the inside are high, but the artillery turrets placed on the city walls all face east. In addition, this turret cannot move inward, and once it is attacked from the inside, its defense will be greatly reduced.

Zhang Ping'an, who came to the observation point, did not rush to observe the terrain with a high-power telescope, but first looked at the map beneath his feet. Zhang Ping'an looked up from time to time to see the mountain, and then compared the map drawn by the staff. After looking at it for about half an hour, Zhang Ping'an nodded gently to recognize the fineness of the map drawn by the staff. Li Zicheng, who ascended the throne in the capital, finally remembered that he should do the right thing after he was addicted to the emperor. For the defeated slave army outside the pass, Emperor Dashun Li Zicheng remained vigilant enough, and waited for the major event to be settled.

Since Chengcheng couldn't wait to personally lead the army to eliminate the hidden danger of Shanhaiguan. Since Li Zicheng entered the capital, he has been most concerned about ascending the throne, which has allowed a bandit who came from an office to appreciate the pleasure of power. Li Zicheng has over 40 years old and has no descendants, so he cannot let his daughter inherit the throne. Therefore, one of the things Li Zicheng did the most hard work in the capital was to work hard day and night in the palace. Especially in the palace, most of the palace maids were virgins, so Li Zicheng lost the worry of cuckolding.

Otherwise, the capital was a Feng Shui treasure land, Li Zicheng's hard work was not in vain. There were three beauties he favored. The imperial physician took his pulse and confirmed that he was pregnant with the dragon seed. With his descendants, Li Zicheng was excited, and naturally wanted to keep the country he had finally won and passed on for generations. People with a direction to move naturally had the motivation to fight, and blocked the slave army like a wealthy wolf, which became Li Zicheng's only choice. Li Zicheng knew very well that the jackal wolf Zhang Ping'an was greedy. The slave army sold grain to the army at a sky-high price. One stone of grain was the only choice. Li Zicheng knew very well that the jackal wolf Zhang Ping'an was greedy. The slave army sold grain to the army at a sky-high price.

The Pou Slave Army sold fifty taels of silver, which was nearly ten times more expensive than when the Break Army entered the capital. The key is that except for the money obtained from torture, the Break Army did not have the food to appease the Break Army and the people in the capital. The double impact of the severe drought and war in the north was almost unrecovered. If the Dashun Kingdom had not yet settled down and had no food, the people would rise up. This was a bitter joke for the Dashun Dynasty, which started the rebellion. The rice transported by the Pou Slave Army from a small southern country and the unique Purchase of the Pou Slave Army made Emperor Li Zicheng hate him.

The current Dashun Army's torture and pay was shocked by the amount of silver collected by the torture and pay, which shocked Emperor Li Zicheng. In just over a month, General Quan Liu Zongmin raised 70 million taels of silver. None of these silver was taken from the homes of the people, almost all of them were nobles and officials, and of course some wealthy families who were unkind. When the Zhangjiazhuang Posou Army left the capital, they took away most of the porcelain, bronzes, classical calligraphy and paintings and a large number of books collected by the palace. Li Zicheng could not imagine that if the Dashun Army conquered the richer Nanzhili, the Dashun Army would definitely be able to reap more money. In Li Zicheng's eyes, the Posou Army would definitely be able to reap more money. In Li Zicheng's eyes, the Posou Army would be able to reap more money.

Even a group of villains who recognize money but not fathers, they have to earn money from selling grain, and they don’t even miss the small amount of money to transport grain to the capital. The Slave Army helped the army to transport grain one by one, and the return journey was filled with packed gold and silver. The two sides were in the foreign exchanges between Tongzhou City, and the harmonious relationship made outsiders always have the illusion of two armies being one family. This time, the Emperor Li Zicheng of Dashun personally marched to Shanhaiguan, and the capital prepared 300,000 stones of grain and forage. The main army of the Dashun Army’s old camp, cooperated with the surrendered Ming Dynasty official army of 300,000, and the 300,000 rebels annexed along the way, claiming to be a million-strong army to form the Eastern Expedition of Shanhaiguan.

Ningyuan City is more than 300 miles away from Shanhaiguan. After learning that the Dashun Army formed the Eastern Expedition Army, Zhang Ping'an first ordered the Yuetuo Island Slave Army to no longer help the Dashun Army transport food, and evacuated all the convoys to the island to avoid war. The cargo ships carrying grain were still sold to the crusade army, but the speed of selling grain was slowing down. Zhang Ping'an, who had been exploring the terrain for three consecutive days in Shanhaiguan, had already understood the terrain here. Zhang Ping'an, who returned to Ningyuan's main business, once again locked himself in the commander's tent to watch the map sand table. He was the most intimate

The one who is interested in Weiyuan City on the east side of Shanhaiguan is. Zhang Ping'an believes that the Dashun Army may be divided into two groups, and one of the side divisions will break through a stone defense line and must attack Dongluo City. Once the Dashun Army launches an attack on Dongluo City, Weiyuan City not far from Dongluo City will inevitably threaten the back of this side division. From the other side's standpoint, Zhang Ping'an believes that the Dashun Army will definitely divide its troops to attack Weiyuan City, or use heavy troops to monitor it, in order to force Weiyuan City to not send troops to rescue. Zhang Ping'an, who is familiar with the military, looked at the sand table and smiled bitterly at the old Longtou.

For the defenders, putting heavy troops in Ninghai City is a very important useless defense. The key to attacking Shanhaiguan is to seize the most important pass. However, Guancheng has two close together Luocheng. The best way to attack this important place is to attack on both sides. According to Zhang Ping'an's own speculation, the Dashun Army will definitely attack in two ways, and invest all the main forces at one time to break the city within three days. If the Dashun Army attack exceeds this time, it will encounter the variable of the Po Slave Army. In order to encourage the Dashun Army to attack, the Po Slave Army generally hides the main force in the northeast of Shanhaiguan Yan. In order to encourage the Dashun Army to attack, the Po Slave Army generally hides the main force in the northeast of Shanhaiguan Yan.

In the mountains, the Dashun Army was illusion that the main force was not on the periphery of Shanhaiguan. Before the war, the Pou Slave Army liked to cover the battlefield the most. This time, the commander of the Pou Slave Army Zhang Ping'an used more than a dozen scouts to cruise at Shanhaiguan, which was also warning the Dashun Army not to invade the area controlled by the Pou Slave Army, otherwise he would be counterattacked by the Pou Slave Army. This hint also indirectly told the Dashun Army that you will not be involved in the Pou Slave Army's affairs. As for the effect, Zhang Ping'an could only wait and see. In fact, Zhang Ping'an knew that Li Zicheng, who ascended the throne, had to take down Shanhaiguan regardless of whether he wanted to, so that he could be the emperor in the capital.

Although the prince Zhu Cilang had a wrong idea, Zhang Ping'an pretended not to know anything on the surface. He invited the prince from Chenyang to the front line with great respect and presided over the battle against the thieves. People were based on faith. Zhang Ping'an had the ambition to seize the world, so he naturally had to work hard on faith. Before Zhu Cilang came to Ningyuan as a decoration, Zhang Ping'an had arranged the big and small matters of the battle in the name of deducing the war. When the prince came to Ningyuan front line, Zhang Ping'an just did the same thing for everyone to show. Zhu Cilang did not understand military affairs and generally did not speak during military discussions before the war. Concealing his weakness. Zhang Ping'an politely asked the prince for advice during the military discussion. After some humility, Zhang Ping'an was willing to let anyone interrupt. There was no matter in this battle. The main force of the vanguard was Yan Cheng's unit with heavy armored cavalry, the right wing was Hu Ming's Libing Battalion and Du Yehe's unit of the personal military camp, and the full cooperation of the mountain troops Tian Peng's unit. Since the left wing of the Po Nu Army faced the endless Bohai Sea, and the sea surface was the world of the Po Nu Army's naval division, the "Shangwen" gunship led eight Pingzi warships and fifteen sentry ships to form a solid maritime defense line.

With the strong support of the navy, the commander Zhang Ping'an almost did not consider the composition of the right-wing legion when arranging the war. The middle legion composition was almost the old foundation of the central cluster of the Possess Army. Huang Zhi of the White Wolf Camp was the leader, and three personal soldiers were surrounded by the Lie Guard Camp. The Luo Tianbu Tianxiong Camp transferred back from the Yalu River. The main force of the Possess Army's firepower, Yang Meimei's artillery team was the main force, and Zhang Tong, the Conqueror of the Yixing Camp, and the Left Erya tribe was the reserve team for the entire army. In fact, there were also the Possess Army's Marine Camp and the New Group on Yuetuo Island. The Huang Feihong Water Dragon Camp was built, and this partial army did not seek to go into battle, and was specifically used to rob the wealth obtained by the treasury army to torture the robbers. Of course, with the support of the intelligence commander Zheng Tai from the Intelligence Department, Zhang Ping'an, the chief commander of the Possess Army, was guaranteed. Just as the Possessessed troops were deployed, the vanguard of the Dashun Army had arrived on the west bank of the Dashi River, and the storm was about to come and the black clouds were pressing over the top. Facing the Dashun Army, which was several times more powerful than him, Wu Sangui, who was stationed in Shanhaiguan, had no courage to defeat the powerful enemy at all.

Thirty miles east of Shanhaiguan, there were more than ten scouts of the slave army scouts and cavalry posts cruising here. They mainly investigated the battlefield situation and promptly conveyed the battlefield news to hundreds of miles of commanders. The Dashun Army attacked Shanhaiguan this time, it can be said that it took out almost 90% of the old camp war soldiers. The Dashun Army who stayed in the capital only had only 5,000 troops left in the old camp. For some reason, Li Zicheng personally led the army to fight without taking the think tank Niu Jinxing, but instead sent him and the new assistant minister of the Ministry of War. Li Yan stayed in the capital. In fact, Li Zicheng was also betting on the future of the Dashun Army. If this battle was not smooth, the Dashun Army might have to go back to the past to fight. Having tasted the sweetness brought by the peak of power, the Dashun Emperor Li Zicheng certainly did not want to live the hard days of the past. The main force of the Dashun Army, who was ready for the last attempt, took five days to arrive at the Dashi River where the vanguard was located, and they would attack Shanhaiguan in the shortest time. (To be continued)
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